Asus , the Taiwanese hardware firm known for its ZenBooks, ZenFones and Zenbo the cute, humanoid robot , is stepping into the VC game with the launch of a $50 million venture capital fund. Managed in partnership with Fenox Venture Capital, it will focus on strategic investments with startups that want to enter Asian markets. Anis Uzzaman, general partner and CEO of Fenox Venture Capital, says Asus is particularly interested in artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, big data, augmented and virtual reality, and other tech that can benefit from a partnership with the company, which is the fourth-largest PC maker in the world based on units shipped in 2015 . “They were pretty prec... Full story